etcelsior | sure, jan

TEST DRIVE MEME

Considering apping into MASK OR MENACE? Want to dip your toes into the setting and get a feel of whether your character will fit into it? Or maybe you're just cruising and want to play around? Then you've come to the right place!

Pick any of the following scenarios below or feel free to make up your own, but don't be afraid to throw yourself at anyone's thread, either!

And remember to have fun!

01. Your memory is hazy and you might feel increasingly frustrated or anxious, or maybe you're excited as soldiers march past, barely glimpsing you. One second you're somewhere underground, the next you're enveloped in blue light, and suddenly you find yourself directly under Flordia sun's bright and burning glare. A female soldier steps toward you with a wide smile on her face and directs you to a car, ready to debrief you. You realize you are not the only one, surrounded by equally confused or eager faces... and you're all sporting a digital tattoo on your wrist.

02. Welcome to Cape Canaveral, where the smell of the ocean is in the air and locals are more than pleased to see new imPorts roaming their streets. They wave, they cheer, they ask for pictures as politely as they can. The more inhuman you look, or if you're wearing a costume, the more likely locals are to approach. Hey, enjoy the moment! The popular malt shop is offering you a free drink if you need it.

03. The technology in this world is certainly something. The cars are clearly modeled after popular 50s cars, but they hover several feet above the ground as they drive down the street. There are digital jukeboxes in restaurants, motorcycles also hover through traffic, advertisements can be seen on a digital projector on the taller buildings. Even kids on skateboards appear to drift a safe ten feet off the ground while playing!

04. Wherever you are, you can hear the loud revving of an engine, distance at first before you finally see it: a hovercar bursting around the corner, going beyond the maximum speed limit and just barely making its sharp turn. It doesn't appear to be slowing down any time soon, not with two police cars trailing it... and uh oh. Those skateboarding kids don't have much time to get out of the way as the car comes speeding down the road. You've been brought here for a reason Hero — so you better act fast.

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[ it was the same old song and dance as before.

multidimensional hopping, a few stops for photo ops, and then a milkshake to follow it all up. Teddy is as easy to spot as Odin's beard among mortal facial hair. it's all too obvious that he has no idea who he's approaching, and when he finally hears the words "excuse me," Loki lifts a brow in response. ]

We've been waiting for you—or, well, Billy has, specifically. [ and then, to himself. ] Oh, how jealous he'll be knowing I got to you first.

[ to Teddy's credit, Loki's a little harder to spot without the horned get-up. instead he's dressed casually in a pair of jeans and a hoodie. inconspicuous among the mortal masses. ]

[It takes him a while to work it out; give him a break, he's distracted and he's so not expecting Loki in regular clothing. And, if he was being honest, he'd been hoping not to see Loki. He should have known better, really.

Still, it's a new world and he supposes any familiar contact is better than none and did Loki say Billy?]

Wait, Billy's here? Where is he?

[He's not precisely desperate... but if Loki doesn't cough up answers, Teddy's going to have to get annoyed.]

I don't track him twenty-four seven.

[ he says with mock indigence. some part of him is relieved—they wouldn't have to babysit Billy anymore. all the concerns of Billy's loneliness felt like the weight of something moving off of his shoulders. at least, for now. ]

You can call him, you know.

Don't let me stop you or anything.

[With Loki right there? No way.]

Now I know he's here, I'll call him later.

[He hesitates, but... well, Loki had stopped him first, and in an apparently friendly way. Maybe it was stupid, but it was pretty rude to just ignore that, right?]

How are you, anyway?

[ they had left on decent terms, even though Loki had, well up and left entirely. after that, he had thrown them a party, mostly because he wasn't entirely sure how to broach the whole "sincere apology" thing. he had, after all that time, been getting better. between Kate, Verity and Lydia, and the dance of two steps forward and one step back in the friend department. ]

Well, aside from handling a multiversal kidnapping caused by a robot goddess? See: I had nothing to do with it.

[ pause! ]

I'm good. They're giving away free malts.

You said you had nothing to do with Mother, too.

[He's just saying.]

...Okay. I could use a drink, and some answers. If you're feeling helpful, maybe you could answer some of them.

No, actually. I never said that.

[ they just never asked—and who would really think to? way to hit him where it hurts, Teddy. even a year later the spot was a little sore. ]

If you want the fill-in, I can provide.

[ he owed him a little, maybe. ]

Though Kate may have something to add, later.

Sorry.

[Because okay, yes, that was maybe a little harsher than necessary.]

I would. None of this really makes sense, so far.

[And if there's anyone who's managed to find out anything interesting, to be fair, it probably is Loki.]

Kate? Why Kate, specifically?

sure, jan

GUESS WHO GETS FIRSTIES

the last person he wants to see :P

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